13 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2016/0389(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The programme of European surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, which has been carried out in the Union since 1966, should be continued in order to examine the trends in the structure of agricultural holdings at the Union level and to provide the statistical knowledge base necessary for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of related policies, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy and environmental, climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) For the purposes of harmonisation and comparability of information on the structure of agricultural holdings and in order to meet the current needs of the Single Market Organisation and in particular the fruit and wine sector, Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council7 should be integrated with the structural information at the level of agricultural holdings from 20230 onwards. Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 should subsequently be repealed. __________________ 7 Regulation (EU) No 1337/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 concerning European statistics on permanent crops and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 357/79 and Directive 2001/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 7).
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to avoid placing an unnecessary burden on agricultural holdings and national administrations, thresholds that exclude non-relevant survey units from the basic entities in respect of which statistics are to be collected should be established. At the same time, it is important that if effective policy action to support and maintain small farming structures is to be designed, data are also required on that size cohort of farms.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘agricultural holding’ (‘farm’) means a single unit, both technically and economically, which has a single management and which undertakes economic activities in agriculture in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 belonging to groups A.01.1, A.01.2, A.01.3, A.01.4, A.01.5 or to the “maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition” of group A.01.6 within the economic territory of the Union, either as its primary or secondary activity. Regarding activities of class A.01.49, only the activities “Raising and breeding of semi- domesticated or other live animals” (with the exception of raising of insects) and “Bee-keeping and production of honey and beeswax” are included; It is necessary to be able to distinguish multinationally- owned farm holdings, either intra-Union, spanning two or more Member States, or extending outside the Union.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) ‘agricultural holding’ (‘farm’) means a single unit, both technically and economically, which has a single management and which undertakes economic activities in agriculture in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 belonging to groups A.01.1, A.01.2, A.01.3, A.01.4, A.01.5 or to the “maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition” of group A.01.6 within the economic territory of the Union, either as its primary or secondary activity. Regarding activities of class A.01.49, only the activities “Raising and breeding of semi- domesticated or other live animals” (with the exception of raising of insects) and “Bee-keeping and production of honey and beeswax” are included;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall collect and provide the core structural data (‘core data’) related to the agricultural holdings referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 3, for the survey reference years 2020, 2023 and 2026, as listed in Annex III. The core data collection for the survey reference year 2020 shall be carried out as a census. The annual application data as verified by the IACS shall also be considered as a data source.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) Module on ownership of the agricultural holding capital;
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) Module on ownership of the capital assets, distinguished into arable and pasture land, plantations/permanent crops and buildings.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) For all other characteristics, a common reference day within the survey reference year shall be established by each Member State. Those shall be coherent with the timeframe of area declarations in the IACS application.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – List of the physical thresholds – row 1
Annex II – List of the physical thresholds – row 1
Utilised agricultural area 51 ha
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – List of the physical thresholds – row 2
Annex II – List of the physical thresholds – row 2
Arable land 21 ha
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – General characteristics – Legal Personality of the holding – row -1 (new)
Annex III – General characteristics – Legal Personality of the holding – row -1 (new)
A distinction must be drawn between: – the owners of the production unit (division of the capital of the agricultural production unit) – the relationship between the owners of the production unit and agricultural workers (full-time and other employees) – the relationship between the holders (owners) of the production unit and the owners of the land, the buildings and even the crops, and the workers (full-time and other employees)
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – General characteristics – Type of tenure of the utilised agricultural area (in relation to the holder) – Title
Annex III – General characteristics – Type of tenure of the utilised agricultural area (in relation to the holder) – Title
Type of tenure of the utilised agricultural area (in relation to the holder of the production unit)